Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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FNUS21 KWNS 060646
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1246 AM CST SAT DEC 06 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE EWD ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE
COUNTY WITH THE TROUGH AXIS AND SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER THE GREAT
LAKES. COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL AS HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS
SWD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO THE MS VALLEY AND GULF COAST STATES.
TO THE W...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MODIFY A BIT OVER THE GREAT BASIN AS
AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS...PROVIDING MILD AND DRY WEATHER. LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE SRN CA COASTAL RANGE WILL GIVE WAY TO A CALM
AND MILD DAY...WITH LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING AS A WEAK UPPER
LOW APPROACHES THE COAST.
..JEWELL.. 12/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FNUS22 KWNS 060647
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1247 AM CST SAT DEC 06 2008
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRETCH FROM THE MS VALLEY EWD INTO THE DEEP
SOUTH AND MID ATLANTIC WITH COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS. WNWLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL HELP INDUCE A LEE TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH
PLAINS WITH STRENGTHENING SLY WINDS AND LOW RH. FARTHER W...A WEAK
UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SLIDE EWD ACROSS SRN CA INTO AZ WITH
INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND SCATTERED SHOWERS.
...SERN STATES...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH COOL AND VERY DRY
WEATHER. NWLY WINDS NEAR 10 MPH AND MIN RH OF 30-35 PERCENT WILL BE
COMMON WITH RATHER SHALLOW INVERSION HEIGHTS DUE TO COOL
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. STILL...A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST
DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA WHERE KBDI
VALUES ARE HIGHEST.
...SRN AND WRN OK...MUCH OF CNTRL...NRN...AND NWRN TX...
A LEE LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER NERN NM AS THE UPPER FLOW FLATTENS IN THE
WAKE OF THE ERN U.S. TROUGH. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST BY
LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WITH A STRONG AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE E. SUSTAINED SLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL OCCUR FROM CNTRL TX INTO OK AND THE TX PANHANDLE. THE DRIEST
AIR WILL BE ACROSS ERN NM AND W TX...AS WELL AS FAR WRN OK WITH
VALUES OF 15-25 PERCENT AND TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 65-70 F
RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS
SEVERAL WEEKS OF LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS LATE IN THE DAY WHERE FUELS
ARE DRY.
..JEWELL.. 12/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...